What a wonderful wedding day for two exceptionally wonderful people! Marissa and Billy are two of the most thoughtful, down-to-earth people I’ve met, with an authentic love for live and each other. From the moment we met, to their planning meetings, I knew their wedding day was going to be a special one.

Their wedding venue at Shawnee Bluff Vineyard in Lake Ozark, Missouri was the perfect all-in-one place to get ready and to have the ceremony and reception celebration. We did their first look under a big beautiful tree, and the moment brought tears to their eyes and to mine! Then we loaded up in the van to take photos in the grape vineyards with their wedding party in tow. Photos with your best friends should be fun, and these certainly were!

They got married in the gorgeous outdoor ceremony space by none other than my husband, Andy, and then we headed into the barn for the reception. After an awesome dinner catered by Shawnee Bluff, the band Sax on the Beach moved the night along with sweet music. Marissa and Billy’s first dance brought joyful tears to everyone in the room! The night was topped off by some fun moments, including some funny toasts by their wedding party, cutting into a completely frozen wedding cake (oops!), and a bride and groom sunset photo session in the grapevines.

I enjoyed every moment of Marissa and Billy’s wedding day at Shawnee Bluff Vineyard at the Lake of the Ozarks, and I hope you see their love through these pictures. See my favorite moments from their wedding day below. I was so honored to be there to witness and capture it all!